The name 'ShiftAce' has been phased out since its name has some undesirable connotations.

Unfortunately the word 'roster' has different meaning in different English speaking countries.
There are now two near identical packages, RosterNet for the British based market and AceShift for the US based market. The products are identical in function.

A Menu Access Group is the privilege given to a Person by the Administrator to control the access to
a controlled set of menus on login. When a new Menu Access Group is added, you should go to Menus v Menu Access Groups
and give a person who given that Menu Access Group access to the RosterNet menus that they require when they log in.
An example of a Menu Access Group is User, a person given low level access to the menu system
to only access the menus thay need. A Menu Access Group of Supervisor would be given access to more menus.

A Position describes the skill or type of work are required for a Shift.
Examples are Registered Nurse, Security Guard, Librarian.

Click the Menus v Menu Access Groups action. The combination that gives the Supervisor this capability is to
scroll to the Shift Times Group, and to uncheck the 'View by Current Users Locations' menu for the Administrator,
and to check this menu for the Supervisor. These are the critical settings.

This combination means that if the 'Add Shift Time' action
or any other Shift Time or Shift Allocation actions are given to the Menu Access Group of Supervisor,
then someone with this Menu Access Group will only be able to act on the Locations at the address given for this Supervisor.

When personnel are added that you want to be Supervisors, give them this Menu Access Group when entering their details.
The Address selected in the Select box is the address of the only Locations that they can access when they are logged in.

Check that there are no other users on the system as in Current Users.
The master database file is DBSHIFT.FDB and may be found using Windows Explorer at C:\Program Files\BMJ\common.

At this location you will find a backup utility, 'DatabaseBackup.exe', that will give you a date/time identifiable backup copy.

Alternatively, the administrator can use the product to back itself up to their client machine.
Click the Administration button, then select the Backup Database action.
Previously backed up files using this method may be restored with the Restore action.

In normal operation, you will add shifts each day, and so the number of shifts in the database will grow.
New staff will be added and deleted, and so on.

Deleting an entry does not remove its record from the database. Its status for access is changed.

So there are records that are time dependent such as Shifts or Calendar Rates,
and other records that are simply operation dependent, such as Personnel, or Position records.

It may not be obvious, but every login by any user is logged. This log may be viewed by clicking the Administration
button, then the 'View Access Log' action. As time proceeds, the number of entries
in this record in the database should be reduced.

Old records now dated in time and other deleted records may be removed from the database.
If you do not perform this maintenance, the database will grow continually with time and become slower.

Old or deleted records may be viewed or removed from the database by clicking Administration,
and selecting the View/Remove Records action.

Warning - Removed records are unrecoverable. The database should be backed up before such actions are taken.

To use RosterNet from another machine (client) connected to your LAN, you need to know the Internet Protocol (IP) of the host computer. Of course, the host computer must be connected to the LAN and be on.

From the host computer, from Start, click Run. If Run cannot be found, use the keyboard: while holding the Windows key (the funny one near the Control key), type R, a bit like the way you would use Ctrl C.

This should bring up the Run dialog box. Enter 'cmd', then OK and you will get a DOS window. Type 'ipconfig' at the prompt, then Enter.

Note the IP Address. It looks something like 192.168.1.10If connecting by cable, use the Local IP address. If by wireless, use that.

Close this window when you have noted the details.

Now, from the client computer connected to your LAN, open Internet Explorer, and in the address box, type

http://192.168.1.10:8080/product/index.jspor the equivalent IP.

This causes the client computer to look for a computer with this IP (the host computer) and connect to its RosterNet installation and database.

The host computer does not need to have RosterNet open.

If you do not get the RosterNet login screen, there may need to be a change to the Firewall setting in one or both computers to permit this access.

Save this address as a Favorite on the client computer's Internet Explorer.

Someone with RosterNet Administration privileges can see who is logged in to RosterNet by selecting Administration, System Settings.

This is a problem with browser based printing. For Administrator, try to correct by Administration, System Settings,
Enter length of page. The default is 250mm of print length. This sets the default for all users.
Other users may set this value for their own current session by selecting Shift Times, and any of the View actions.

This is available in the Shift Times -> Roster Management menu. If you move your mouse over the cells, you will find additional menus that pop up.
These operations are available elsewhere, but they are move convenient to use here.

If you move your mouse over a red shift, you will see that you may move or copy the shift to another person and/or day.

Click on Move or Copy to make a selection, release the mouse, then click and hold the mouse down over the shift. The move cursor will appear. While holding the mouse down, move (drag) the mouse to another person or day, and release it over another cell.

The shift will then be moved or copied, only refreshing the person rows affected.

These may be used in prioritizing the selection of a worker. The priority of a worker is set when you add a worker.
The default is 9, the highest. You could, for example, set full time salaried workers to 9,
and casual workers to a lower level, say, 2. You have 10 levels, from 9 (highest)
to 0 (lowest). The order in this select box is based first on descending numbers,
then on Last Name and then on First Name. If you use several priority levels,
the highest priority will appear at the top of the box.

Break Start is the time in hours and minutes after the commencement of a shift when a break is to start.
It is not the time of day.
The reason for this is that the time of a break is not included in the summaries of shift times and costs.
This time could be regarded as unpaid time and the time of the break is necessary if correct costs are to be made.
A break could span the times when a change of rate occurs.

The total number of shifts in the Status Bar is the total number of shifts that exist in the database.
This includes deleted and old shifts.

This may be used to indicate the true number of shifts in the database.
The total number of shifts will get larger as time progresses as new shifts are regularly added.
This means that RosterNet will progressively get slower and there will be a need for some maintenance.
Deleting a shift does NOT remove it from the database. A deleted shift is only removed from normal viewing,
but may be viewed or removed by selecting Administration, then the View/Remove Records action.

Old and unwanted records need to be removed using this action from time to time to maintain performance,
after backing up the database first.

If the message goes on to say:
Generated servlet error:
bad class file: C:\ and points to a Java folder, then says:
class file has wrong version 49.0 or some similar number, should be 48.0
then other copies of the Java Run Time Library were already installed on your machine and Tomcat
is referencing one of those. Not to worry. Using Windows Explorer, navigate to:
C:\Program Files\BMJ\Tomcat\bin
and find tomcat6w.exe and double click on it. Select the Java tab.
The Java Virtual Machine should be:
C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_01\bin\client\jvm.dll or later.
Check carefully that this is so. If it is not, click on the ... box and find the jvm.dll in the correct client folder, click Open.
When the Java Virtual Machine is correct as above, click the General tab. Click the Service Status Stop button.
Then click the Start button. While you are there, check that the Startup type is Automatic,
so that Tomcat starts whenever you start the computer. Click OK.
Close the original Internet Explorer, open another copy and retry the URL:
http://localhost:8080/product/index.jsp
and expect that the Login screen appears.

The problem may be that a mapping from 'localhost' to the equivalent Internet Protocol number,
127.0.0.1, has not been created in your computer. Instead of using the address,
http://localhost:8080/product/index.jsp
try using
http://127.0.0.1:8080/product/index.jsp
If this works and you want to use localhost, you will need to get a copy of a text file called 'hosts'
from another Windows user and copy it into your computer.
This file may be found in
C:\windows\system32\drivers\etc
and its job is to map from localhost to 127.0.0.1.

Easy. Click the Administration, System Settings action.
In the 'Enter Lock Code' box, type DemoMan to re-enter the full version, or DemoManOne to enter the single location version - this is case sensitive. This will enable you
to re-enter the setup again. Be warned that because Companies, Addresses and Locations are different,
all shifts will be removed from the database
and you will be limited to the Demonstration Version number of shifts with this Lock Code.
If you have paid for a licensed copy, then you will have to contact us for a new Lock Code.
Personnel, Positions, etc, that you have entered will remain.

Tomcat must be configured to match the correct version of the Java JRE.

Use Windows Explorer (not Internet Explorer) to navigate to the folder,
C:\Program Files\BMJ\Tomcat\bin
Double click on the file, tomcat6w.exe. Click on the Java tab.
The Java Virtual Machine entry should be
C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_01\bin\client\jvm.dll or later.
Find the latest entry, click the Apply button. Then click the General tab.
Click Stop, then when the Service has stopped, click the Start button.
When the Service has started, click OK.
Try starting RosterNet again with Internet Explorer.